/*
 * Copyright 2006 Kevin Wetzels 
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 * 
 *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
 *       
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package be.roam.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.StringWriter;

/**
 * Utility methods for I/O operations.
 */
public class IOUtil {

    /**
     * Converts an input stream to a string.
     * 
     * @param inputStream input stream to convert
     * 
     * @return string representation of the contents of the input stream
     * 
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String convertInputStreamToString(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
        StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
        int readCharacter = 0;
        while ((readCharacter = inputStream.read()) != -1) {
            stringWriter.write(readCharacter);
        }
        return stringWriter.toString();
    }
    
    private IOUtil() {
        super();
    }
    
}
